Page 2: Make Your Own Custom Chocolate Bars

Overview

We are happier than the proverbial kid in the candy shop. What a pleasure it is to design your own chocolate bars.

Even when we put together a strange-sounding group (dried strawberries, cinnamon and toffee bits or the bar depicted in the photo at left: peanut M&Ms, dried papaya and coconut) the result was absolutely delicious. We must try the gummy bears next.

Whether you’re a chocolate sophisticate, a basic nuts-and-toffee dude or a high flyer (beef jerky with ground coffee and parsley, for example), you’ll enjoy being your own chocolate artisan.

We paid $3.25 for gold flakes, the most expensive topping. It’s pretty, but doesn’t have flavor. Instead, we could have bought five of the less expensive toppings. There may be a reason you want a glittering gold chocolate bar—wedding favors, for example—but otherwise, spend your money elsewhere.

It’s important to say that, no matter what we combined, it all tasted great. While we haven’t customized a beef jerky, Sour Patch Kids and oregano bar yet, we’re going to try it one of these days. For us it’s research; but let your judgment be your guide. (The good news is, even if you find that you don’t like beef jerky or other topping on your chocolate, you can peel it off and still enjoy the bar. And who knows—it could be an amazing combination.)

It’s Easy

The user-friendly bar-design software lets you go back and forth, adding and removing items, with ease. Each time you add or remove something, it is immediately reflected in the price of the bar, so you can keep within any budget.

Shipping is $6.95 no matter how many bars you order. So for $10.00, one could have a bar with two ingredients; for $15.00, one could go to town. And, we loved the logic that “the more you order, the more you save.” We ordered 7 bars, so shipping was a mere $1.00 apiece.

Gift certificates are emailed; there’s no “shipping cost.”

Ladies and gentlemen, it is said that money can’t buy happiness. We disagree. We were very happy when we designed our bars, happier still when we ate them and still happy with the lingering memories and the anticipation of ordering more.